I decided on the Raijintek Paean case and then enlisted the help of one of my friends who also happens to be the IT guy at the place I work as well as a really handy fabricator. All of those skills were needed to complete this build. This was the first custom loop either one of us have ever built, so it was a learning process along the way. While the Paean case is very good looking it is not very practical for a high end custom loop GPU + CPU cooled system. The 1080Ti FTW3 was too long using the Raijintek vertical GPU bracket (which was not included with the case). We ended up using a coolermaster vertical mount and fabricated it to fit flush against the I/O panel to allow the GPU to fit. The next issue we ran into was that the size of the pump/reservoir combo we chose was larger than Raijintek designed the case to use. I do not understand why a bench style open concept case would not be using a large pump/reservoir and cooling both GPU and CPU. After searching around online I was able to find very few photos of builds in this case where both CPU/GPU were being cooled via custom loop. So the modding began. We fabricated brackets to help support the GPU bracket and a bracket on the bottom of the pump/reservoir just to be safe. We thought that was the last modification that the case would need until we realized that a single 45mm x 360mm radiator was not going to provide us with enough cooling to cool both CPU/GPU. To run the tubing through the back of the case we had to put a notch in the SSD/HD bracket.

I hope the photos do an accurate job of detailing the build process and maybe even help someone else who is in the planning stages of their build. Feel free to ask me any questions you have about my build or builds in general. I will be happy to help you if I can.